Crowd Pleasing Chocolate Brownies

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts or 1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease a 9x13" pan or line with parchment paper.
3. Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat, then stir in cocoa.
4. Remove from heat.
5. Mix in sugar and vanilla then mix in eggs one at a time.
6. Stir in remaining ingredients then stir in nuts.
7. Bake for 30 minutes.
8. Cool completely, before cutting into 2x2" squares.